4. escape!

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WoW Lifewaster

This is Part 1 of another two-parter, this time on role-playing games. Where are we all going when we escape and why? What do games do for us, and how do they do it?

intro

Theme includes sample of Run to You by Buke & Gass. Check them out! Intro background music is a song by Múm.

behind world of warcraft

A talk with Vlad Cole, who works for Blizzard Entertainment, the company that makes World of Warcraft.*

lord british

Dan talks with the father of online role-playing games, Richard Garriott. Check out his new company, Portalarium.

the explorer

The Exploration aspect of gaming. Dan talks to Vlad about virtual places and asks Richard if going into space is anything like a game.

the socializer

The social aspect of online gaming with Richard Garriott and...

costaki

Dan talks Fantasy Football with comedian Costaki Economopoulos.

ryan time!

Ryan Ridley (of the GVP) talks about his time in Oblivion.

games vs. books and movies

Which medium is the most passive? Dan talks to Richard and Vlad and Walt Whitman...

tabitha

plane crash follies!

Episode 3 - Dan finally rides one down himself.

porn

Dan considers the most popular form of role-playing.

i play video games

(abridged) By Hannibal. Get his album on iTunes. It's great!

the killer

Dan considers all the pretend killing (and dying) we do. Thanks to philosopher/keyboardist Raymond Smullyan for the piano music.

the achiever

The most important thing games do. Vlad Cole explains to Dan what games do for him and how games are good for the world...

stamp collecting

It's not as different from slaying dragons as you might think. By Lawrence Block. Performed by David Razowsky.

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